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OUR DAILY BREAD             Tuesday, May 30, 1995   
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READ:   1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

        
           THE ULTIMATE REUNION

   "In Christ all shall be made alive....
  Christ the firstfruits, afterward those
     who are Christ's at His coming."

                     - 1 Cor. 15:22-23

The article in "Newsweek" magazine called it 
"the ultimate reunion."  Was it a gathering 
of war veterans?  Perhaps a banquet in honor 
of our country's living ex-presidents?  No, 
it was nothing of the kind -- just a rumor 
that the surviving members of the popular 
music group the Beatles and Yoko Ono, widow 
of deceased Beatle John Lennon, were "thinking 
of doing something together again."

For those of us who recall the drug abuse and 
decayed morals of the cultural revolution the
Beatles were part of, that rumor held no excite-
ment.  But there is another reunion that grabs 
the attention of Christ's followers, whether the 
media consider it newsworthy or not.

We anticipate with uplifted hearts the ultimate
reunion that will take place when Jesus Christ
returns to gather the whole family of God 
together.  Dead believers will be resurrected 
first (1 Th. 4:16).  Then, along with believers 
living everywhere on earth, we will all be 
united with our Lord to enjoy forever the splendor 
of His presence (v. 17).

But only those who have put their trust in the 
redeeming and returning Savior, the Lord Jesus, 
will share in that thrilling event.  Will you be 
at the ultimate reunion? Make sure today!

                        -- Vernon C. Grounds

         Called to meet Him in the air--
           My soul, look up and sing!
        No sordid world to vex thee there--
             Forever with the King!

                                -- Bregenzer

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             THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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              Among Christians,
      there are no permanent partings.
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 16-18

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